c65gm/internal/optimizer/pass_regdead.go

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package optimizer
// passRegDead eliminates dead stores to REGISTER variables.
// A store is dead if no matching load (lda regVar) follows before A is
// clobbered or a label is reached. This is safe because REGISTER variables
// have a contract: nothing external can observe their memory location.
func passRegDead(lines []asmLine, registerVars map[string]bool) []asmLine {
var result []asmLine
for i := 0; i < len(lines); i++ {
line := lines[i]
if line.isCode && line.opcode == "sta" && line.operand != "" && registerVars[line.operand] {
if isRegStoreDead(lines, i+1, line.operand) {
continue
}
}
result = append(result, line)
}
return result
}
// isRegStoreDead scans forward from start to determine whether a store to a
// REGISTER variable operand is dead. Returns true if the store can be removed.
// A store is dead only if no matching lda is found anywhere forward before
// a label or control-flow-ending instruction.
func isRegStoreDead(lines []asmLine, start int, operand string) bool {
for i := start; i < len(lines); i++ {
l := lines[i]
if l.optMarker || l.isComment {
continue
}
if l.isLabel {
return false
}
if l.isCode && isCallSite(l) {
return false // callee may modify A; conservatively keep the store
}
if l.isCode && blocksFlow(l) {
return true // rts/jmp/brk/rti — execution ends here
}
if l.isCode && l.opcode == "lda" && l.operand == operand {
return false // the value IS read from memory later
}
}
return true // end of block reached with no matching load
}
// blocksFlow returns true for instructions that unconditionally end the current
// execution path: rts, jmp, brk, rti
func blocksFlow(line asmLine) bool {
switch line.opcode {
case "rts", "jmp", "brk", "rti":
return true
}
return false
}
// isCallSite returns true for instructions that transfer control to a callee
// that may modify A, X, Y. The store before a call is conservatively kept.
func isCallSite(line asmLine) bool {
return line.opcode == "jsr"
}